25 parts Ongoing MatureWhen Yara started working at Maplewood Elementary at eighteen, she kept to herself - quiet waves, small hellos, nothing more. Ms. Carter was everything she wasn't: confident, respected, and just a little intimidating.
Yara never spoke more than a few words to her... until life changed.
Moving out of her parents' house and into her grandmother's meant early mornings, long bus rides, and no car. Out of options, she asked Ms. Carter - the one woman she swore she'd never have to rely on - for a ride to work.